Anwar Ibrahim is firm that Pakatan Rakyat will allow non-Muslims to use the word 'Allah'

Going back in time, when Anwar Ibrahim came out openly to support Hudud, it raised a big hue and cry from the DAP.

The leaders of the Pakatan Rakyat, whoever they are at that point in time, had a cup of tea and come out with the bogus operandi, media statement by Lim Guan Eng,

As the hudud law is not mentioned in the PR Common Policy Framework or in Buku Jingga, it is therefore not PR policy. Only policies mentioned in the Common Policy Framework, Buku Jingga or agreed to by all 3 parties will be implemented in a PR government.

Because,

At the meeting, DAP stressed the party's consistent stand in not agreeing with the hudud law and explained that the hudud law is not in line with the Federal Constitution. The meeting concluded with both DAP and PAS agreeing to disagree on the hudud law.

Everybody went home smiling. PAS kept their Syariah Hudud enactments passed in Kelantan and Terengannu, DAP knew it could not be implemented and Anwar Ibrahim got away with his open support for Hudud. Pakatan Rakyat is intact.

It is different with the Hudud issue then and the "Allah" issue now. A very distinct difference. Hudud not enforced, obviously has not been tested in a court of law, whereas the use of the word "Allah" has been allowed by the court.

Pakatan Rakyat, when the "Allah" issue was reignited by Lim Guan Eng, had initially come out to declare that non-Muslims could use the word "Allah". Lim Guan Eng as I opined, had raised the issue to take attention away from national DAP CEC elections fiasco, where not a single Malay was elected into the CEC, at the same time shore up flagging non-Muslim support for the DAP due to PAS enforcement of it's Islamic laws on non-Muslims.

Lim Guan Eng must have been confident of support to his "Allah" for non-Muslim call because PAS party president, Abdul Hadi had in the past held the same position, as reported by Harakah and posted by Anwar Ibrahim on his website,

"After a special meeting to discuss a recent controversial court ruling, PAS has decided to reiterate its stand that the use of the word Allah by Christians was not against Islam and in accordance with the federal constitution which guarantees religious freedom"

Lim Guan Eng must have thought that he had gotten away with his red herring and more confident his ploy had succeeded when Nik Aziz, Abdul Hadi and Mat Sabu all affirmed their support for Lim in his call.

This must have shocked Guan Eng into silence until now. Neither Guan Eng nor his father, Lim Kit Siang who had been present when PR announced non-Muslims could use "Allah, has said anything since the PAS Syura council decision.

Why the PAS Syura council changed it's stand from it's previous position is unimportant but has it's own internal implications. Whither PAS president, Abdul Hadi, deputy president Mat Sabu and PAS spiritual leader who had all said the use of the word was not against the teachings of Islam, for various reasons?

The PAS Syura council decision, now disallowing the use of the word, had the effect to put the spanner in Lim Guan Eng's devious machinations.

There cannot be "agree to disagree" this time. PAS knows even by disagreeing, Hudud to be implemented needs to be passed by law whereas the use of the word "Allah" has been allowed by law, the DAP and PKR agreeing parties hold sway by law. Disagreeing would be meaningless when a party basic fundamental is cast aside in event of a Pakatan Rakyat ruled state or country.

How will PAS face it's grass root members, as it stand now in Selangor or implications as it stood in Perak?

In a way, credit must be given, despite it's radical Islamist ideologies, to the party Syura council. It made a decision which ran counter to the stated stand of it's highest party leaders. They would have seen the rat. Waking an issue that would test the party's Islamist credentials, an issue that was laid to rest, smacked of personal agenda for Lim Guan Eng and favorable only to the party he leads, the DAP.

PAS will have everything to lose and DAP everything to gain. And the PKR, like it's scavenging de facto leader, Anwar Ibarhim, will wait to enjoy the spoils of war between the two heavier coalition "partners".

The Syura council would not countenance it's leaders to support subterfuge. More so, when these leaders would be seen to be bending over to a condescending and past enemy, the infidel DAP.

Getting slapped in the face by the PAS ruling Syura council, it was now up the other bend over specialist, Anwar Ibrahim.

An important, pertinent and larger question arises.

Can Anwar Ibrahim now be claimed as the designated Prime Minister of a Pakatan Rakyat federal government?

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

You can already hear the roar of the intellectually challenged and issue deficit Pakatan Rakyat - bought by UMNO, lies by the UMNO controlled mainstream media and notice it's always UMNO. Government propaganda to woo Sarawak votes.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 23, 2013): Despite criticisms and accusations on the transparency and independence of Malaysia's judicial system, a retired Federal Court judge, Datuk Seri Panglima Sulong Matjeraie, said never in his years in service did anyone try to influence him in his decisions.

"I have been working as a judge for 15 years and not on one occasion did any of my bosses said: 'Sulong, you decide this way and not that way'. It never happened.

"In the Federal Court, there are five judges and one of us will write the judgment and then pass it to the rest of us. If we don't agree, we will be dissenting. There is no such thing where you have to follow.

"Definitely, we uphold the independence of the judiciary," he told Bernama here recently. Sulong, 66, the first Sarawakian appointed as Federal Court judge, clocked out for the last time at the Palace of Justice last Friday.

"To be able to administer justice according to the law is something we hold dear."

As a judge, you must make sure you serve justice and ensure justice is achieved. I think we have done that," he added.

Sulong said the transformation of judiciary in the country had also reduced the backlog of cases in courts.

"We have been working hard. There was too much of a backlog that we had to sacrifice our personal time to clear these cases. We have to ensure justice is done expeditiously. All of us work our guts out to make sure we finish our cases," he said.

Sulong was born to a humble family in 1947 in the rural town of Saratok, about 140km from Kuching. As a boy, he used to help his father to tap rubber trees and sell "kuih" in the village to earn extra pocket money.

"My late father always wanted me to be an agriculture assistant where I could get 'free uniform'. I never dreamt of becoming a lawyer or a judge.

"My late father always said: 'Sulong, learn to plant rubber trees. when you get older, you will have your own plantation'.

"As a judge, I get free uniform too," he smiled wryly.

The fourth child in a family of nine, Sulong started his working career at the tender age of 17 when he was appointed a probationary Sarawak Administrative Officer (SAO) in the Sarawak Civil Service.

That was in 1964. When he was 23, Sulong was appointed the District Officer (DO) of Bintulu -now an oil and gas town. The appointment gave him the distinction of being the youngest District Officer in Malaysia.

Sulong started his career in the judiciary when he was appointed a Judicial Commissioner in September 1998 in the High Court of Malaya in Johor Baharu. Two years later, he was a High Court Judge in the Kota Kinabalu High Court, Sabah.

In 2007, he was a judge of the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya and in April last year, he was appointed a Federal Court Judge at the Palace of Justice, here.

"My only regret was not having my father around when I was made the Court of Appeal and Federal Court Judge. He passed away few months before I was appointed as a judge," he said.

Sulong's interest in law was stirred when he was in the civil service, where one of the requirements for an administrative officer to be considered for promotion was to pass the law exam. From there it was all history. To read law, Sulong went to London on a Sarawak government scholarship to study at the Inns of Court School of Law in 1971.

"I am always grateful to the Sarawak state government for giving me that opportunity to further my studies. Otherwise, I don't think I could become a judge. I'm lucky. But then again, all you need to do is work hard and you can achieve any dreams you have," he said.

Sulong obtained his Master of Law Degree in Mercantile Law at the University of Southampton in 1977 where the law study was made possible by his wife who supported him financially.

"I'm thankful to my wife who supported me to do my Master. She was working and I was studying," he added.

Sulong served the state government in various capacities, including as General Manager of Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation from 1979 to 1980 and as the General Manager of Bintulu Development Authority from 1980 to 1983. Sulong left the civil service in 1983 and set up his own legal firm under the name of Messrs Sulong Matjeraie & Co. in Kuching the same year.

On his future and what he would like to do, Sulong said he would like to sit back first before deciding what he would like to do.

"I will take a break first before beginning to do something else. Actually I have no future plan yet. First thing I will do though is rest. It has been a long journey. It has been 49 years of working," he said.

His words to the Malaysia's judiciary: "They are doing a good job. I'm sure the judiciary of Malaysia will be second to none in years to come. The people here are very dedicated."

Expect response from the opposition's usual suspects and their accompanying accomplices especially the lawyer types.

"However, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said consent was required if the name of the state was used for events as it gave the the impression that the authorities had sanctioned them"

Come on Lim Guan Eng, who are you trying to fool?

Firstly, we all know state sponsored and supported events by and in the Pakatan Rakyat rule state governments, will be endorsed by carrying the official state government crest. This has an effect to tell their supporters, the event is organised by or for the PR state government, and not by and for the enemy.

Lim Guan Eng and his state government does want their supporters attending or seeing to be supporting events ostensibly organised by the enemy, Barisan Nasional.

This is what dictator Lim means when he says giving an "impression that the authorities had sanctioned them".

Also, the CAT chief-minister is fond of taking credit for everything good in Penang, even if the credit rightfully belonged to the BN, therefore all events must be "sanctioned" for dear leader Lim to claim credit for the event.

Secondly, what does it matter who or what organises an event if it brings benefit to or raises the profile of the state positively? Nobody in his right mind would organise and name an event using the word "Penang", for or in an offensive manner.

Politically, if all this is too difficult to understand, never mind.

Practically, assuming an international event is organised and for example named, "The Great Penang Char Koay Teow Cookout", this will not be allowed because 1. it is an event and 2. it carries the word "Penang". Then you must get consent of the Penang chief minister. That is what he has said.

The Penang chief-minister is suffering from a brain malady with all his dictatorial maneuvers, and if he carries on he will no doubt be, Lim Ill Soon.

"The suspension is due to Azrul's violation of the bank internal policies, the details of which have been conveyed to Azrul in the show cause letter, handed to him on Jan 17, and upon further investigation, the bank lodged a second police report today,"

One does not need to make a police report to sack a person. Police reports are normally made to investigate the elements of a possible crime or crimes committed.

I always say when you lie you always get caught up in your own lies. When En AAA was suspended he blamed his suspension on "political motivation".

The Washington Post in it's report on the suspension had En AAA on the line,

“My intention is to eventually resign,” Azrul, who has been with the bank on and off since 2007, said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg News today. “I don’t want to burn bridges. My bosses have been good to me. I don’t want others to suffer from political pressure.”

How can anyone reconcile being "politically motivated" and being good bosses at the same time?

The moral of the story are plenty. Furthering the ambitions of a desperate Anwar Ibrahim is foolhardy. Taken in by his smooth glib ultimately gets you into a right mess. Anwar will then give token support like "zalim" and then wash his hands.

En AAA star was a shining one. He was only suspended, a rating of AAA to BBB. If he does not resign he will definitely be sacked.

Worst still he now faces a possibility of time behind bars.

BBB to junk bond.

Hopefully for En AAA, Anwar would not completely wash his hands off En AAA.

There is always legal representation by the likes of Sivarasa to claim "political motivation", in event of a sacking, if En AAA does not resign, in a labor court. Or claiming "political motivation" of possible charges, in the criminal courts.

Last I checked it was Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insider and Free Malaysia Today.

It was not Falklandkini, The Falkland Insider or Free Falkland Today.

I chanced upon this report from Free Malaysia Today with a head spinning headline, "Britain ‘pressing’ for poll reforms in M’sia" with a sub-headline, "The All Party Parliamentary Group on Malaysia headed by British MP Tom Greaterex has repeatedly raised free and fair elections with premiers Najib Tun Razak and David Cameron"

And how did this sub-headline come about? In Selena Tay style unnamed "one of a number of officials who were at the briefing".

Quote, “In all our briefings right up to the highest level we keep pressing home about free and fair elections and election observers,” confirmed one of a number of officials who were at the briefing. When asked what “the highest level” meant, one of the officials who declined to be named said: “With Prime Ministers Najib and Cameron"

My advise to FMT, don't spin a spin too much.

As expected and no surprises are the presence of the usual suspects "Bersih leader S Ambiga gave a Skype address, which was then picked up by Suaram’s Cynthia Gabriel, who gave an overview of the main human rights issues in Malaysia"

Yes, indeed, the discredited nosey SUARAM mouth piece and the other the leader of opposition, read Anwar Ibrahim, hijacked rallies.

These two share the same shameful idiotic idiosyncracy of the desperado desperate to be prime minister, by hook or by crook, Anwar Ibrahim.

Disgraceful people who, for their own selfish ends, have no compunction to bring shame and denigrate our country all over the world to anybody they "think" cares to listen.

That said, you wonder why these usual suspects are not plying and peddling their trade in the US.

I'll give a few words of reason - NED, NDI, and Open Foundations et al. As for Anwar Ibrahim, he openly supports Hudud and discriminates homosexuals. Bye, bye neocons and Republicans bye, bye liberals and Democrats.

I leave Ambiga aside as she now have little Ambigas.

But who the fuck is Cynthia Gabriel and SUARAM to dictate how the British or Malaysian government carry out the business of governments, pun intended and unintended.

I dare say the majority of Malaysians, educated and uneducated, do not take kindly into foreigners especially gwai los interfering in our affairs.

That is why we have independence and Merdeka. Independent from colonial masters.

These same despicable people, Cynthia Gabriel and Ambiga Sreenevasan are either of Indian or Ceylonese origin, are now going to the same colonial masters, which this country and countries of their origin, endeavoured so hard to be freed and removed the shackles of colonist rule.

Even worse a Malay, Anwar ibrahim, waltzing his matilda.

Recall Anwar Ibrahim being rebuffed and embarrassed by the Australian government? The desperado Anwar Ibrahim had written a letter to the Australian government for help in for getting free and fair elections.

Here is a transcript of an interview with Australian Foreign Minister, Bob Carr on the matter

These are the salient and relevant parts of the interview I want to share and needs to be told with particular emphasis -

SABRA LANE: Malaysia's opposition leader has written to you appealing for Australia's help in getting free and fair elections in Malaysia. Will Australia help?

BOB CARR: Well the Malaysian elections are a matter for the Malaysian people. It's very hard for Australia to do anything about how they're run, as hard as it would be for Malaysia or another government to have a say in how Australian elections are run. We're not the election authority for Malaysia.

SABRA LANE: How would you characterise the letter that you got?

BOB CARR: Well it's a letter from an opposition figure expressing concern about the elections in his country. But that is the point. It is his country, not our country. And while we can express concern about the freedom and fairness of elections anywhere, we don't run elections in other jurisdictions.

SABRA LANE: That's fine, but he's obviously asked for your help and you're saying we can't do anything.

BOB CARR: What help are you proposing we provide?

SABRA LANE: Well, I'm simply asking.

BOB CARR: Do you want an amphibious landing on the east coast of Malaysia?

Also in the FMT report and quote another unnamed, "Another member of the Foreign Office team, who was introduced as their Human Rights Representative also intervened to say that the UK Government’s policy was to take every opportunity to encourage other" countries to support human rights"

So you see, Cynthia and Ambiga, the British can only encourage even though and because it's not their bloody business.

They are not going to send British special forces and elite units to Malaysia, just for you or anybody else, because this is not the Falkland Islands.

Definitely not for Anwar Ibrahim.

Cynthia and Ambiga, it is also shameful and disgraceful that your "cause" should be taken up and reported by memsahib supreme, Clare Rewcastle Brown. Yes Mum.

For this reason, DAP urges the BN Federal government to allow the use of the word Allah on the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Bible as has been allowed in Sabah and Sarawak for the last 50 years and practiced in the Middle East for more than a thousand years.

Zairil Khir Johari, DAP’s assistant publicity secretary, said today that Lim’s words have been “twisted”, saying that the Penang chief minister had only asked Putrajaya not to deny the rights of Christians in East Malaysia to use the word “Allah” .

“He (Lim) only asked that it be allowed in the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Bible that is used by Christians in Sabah and Sarawak.”

“Furthermore, the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Bible can only be found in Sabah and Sarawak and not in Peninsula Malaysia.

“Therefore, the issue of usage of the word “Allah” in Peninsula Malaysia does not arise at all,” Zairil said.

Either it was the Chinese genes in Zairil to defend his boss or incompetency by his feeble attempt to "justify" his boss'es actual words, the fact of the matter is Lim Guan Eng's statement is crystal clear - he meant the use of "Allah" for both East and West Malaysia.

Lim Guan Eng is both a coward and a dubious politician, for after making the statement, he could have stood by his statement and there was no need for Zairil to come out with any clarification.

Since nobody bought Zairil's spin, Lim Jr ran to Lim Sr for help.

It said that when you lie often enough the truth will eventually catch up on you. In an effort to support Lim Guan Eng, and knowing the true motive Lim Kit Siang, Anwar Ibrahim and Abdul Hadi in a show of solidarity came out to say, in Pakatan: Non-Muslims can use ‘Allah’.

Anwar Ibrahim said,

"While we don’t object to non-Muslims using the word Allah, we also urge all quarters including the churches not to misuse the holy word as the name is revered greatly by Muslims”

Lim Guan Eng had already said,

"DAP urges the BN Federal government to allow the use of the word Allah on the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Bible"

Lim Kit Siang concurs but you wonder why he said nothing.

Abdul Hadi said,

"So non-Muslims can use the holy word although it may not reflect the original meaning”

All these gentlemen, if that is a correct word, since the PAS syura council came out to officially declare ‘Non-Muslims can’t use Allah’, have remained deafeningly silent.

It's all about politics. Nothing more nothing less.

And the business part?

Well, in spite of all the numerous Pakatan Rakyat fake that has been exposed, their supporters regard them as gods and will still believe their lies, business as usual.

Cannot blame them.

Add all these names Anwar, Lim, Lim, Abdul Hadi together and you see why they are worshipped, they add up to form a word that should not be used in that particular meaning, "ALLAH".

Saturday, January 19, 2013

The only benefit of doubt is, that it is as reported, the exact words uttered by Ibrahim Ali need to be verified.

If and when the contents are ascertained to the extent that it is as reported then I cannot by good conscience remain silent and will be failing in a duty as a loyal citizen who loves my country, as much as I hold all things precious in my life, if I did not record my disgust and disapproval to this kind of religious provocation.

This is NOT about of the general elections. Far from it. This is about a person who would have gone beyond the lines of decency. This is about stamping out any form of extremism at the bud.

This is about preserving peace, prosperity and pride of the country as a progressive and moderate nation.

Ibrahim Ali must be reined in and account for any inflammatory remarks attributed to the politician.

I am absolutely certain all right thinking Malaysians, regardless of race or religion, share my concerns and sentiments.

It's about the unholy trinity, the Pakatan Rakyat, with reference to, as an analogy, the Christian Holy Trinity.

This is the 3 in 1 political party, Pakatan Rakyat.

The Father, of the Pakatan Rakyat is, you guessed it, Anwar Ibrahim. The Son, no points for guessing, Lim Guan Eng. And the Holy Spirit, you can take your pick. There is no mystery in the unholy trinity. They are bound together by 2 words in 1, "CONSENSUS". Now, this is the mystery, they are bound by agreeing to disagree.

That is what the Pakatan Rakyat "CONSENSUS" all about. First word CON as in deception of the rakyat and SENSUS to make political sense.

And I have been saying this all along. This "consensus" is nothing more than a convenient con job, when serious disagreements arise and they are many, to fool the unsuspecting and foolhardy supporters of the opposition.

But the story does not end here. The mystery began to unfold when the Son decided that non-Muslims could use the word "Allah". It does not matter now whether the Son was referring to East or West Malaysia.

When that ground breaking, earth shattering decision was announced, I asked that it be a signed declaration like the Kuching Declaration. After all, all the 3 persons of the unholy trinity were in agreement with 1 voice.

Now seriously, any political observer worth his salt will tell you and I saw it as another political sham, PAS would never endorse such a controversial decision. The issue strikes at the very heart of the Islamist party's soul.

“We are bound by the Pakatan Rakyat policies that were discussed during the meeting. And because we are bound to those policies, we will stick to that decision. The Syura Council is not related to it,” Azmin told reporters at a press conference at the PKR headquarters today.

Bound by policies? Word of mouth, common platform, signed declarations et al, now which is which? I'll answer my own question - All bull and more shit.

What in the world is AA talking about when he says, "The Syura Council is not related to it"?

That has been answered by PAS itself, when PAS ulama chief Datuk Harun Taib said,

“PAS stands by the Syura Council, as it is the supreme body responsible for policies and major decisions in the party"

Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Kit Siang are now conspicuously quiet. Anwar Ibahim has sent his favourite son AA to do the dirty job. So it seems.

Where the Pakatan Rakyat now stands, not only in the "Allah" issue but all the others like PAS' Hudud laws, events incontrovertibly prove whatever the opposition pact had decided to agree or agree to disagree on all the other fake policies, are convenient excuses to justify the existence of an inconvenient marriage. The sole purpose of which is greed for power individually and collectively of persons and parties concerned.

But does the story end here?

If Anwar Ibrahim is skirting the issue, Azmin Ali is lower ranking among the Pakatan Rakyat hierarchy, or in this case Parti Keadilan as he is only party deputy president, to make any official announcement for PR.

Why Azmin Ali? Is AA another lamb for the slaughter in the long line of lambs slaughtered in the name of Anwar Ibrahim?

Or has AA gone lone ranger?

The PAS organised Himpunan for Anwar Ibrahim, what has been alternatively called "Taharin" Square uprising, PR solidarity has flatulently gone fart with PAS dissociating itself from Lim Guan Eng, Lim Kit Siang and Anwar himself in the "Allah issue.

AA may have came out with such a non-sensical announcement, unbeknownst to the Pakatan Rakyat hierarchy, as a death wish to himself

Or it could be En AA is now jealous of one En AAA, and the death wish, is for Pakatan Rakyat.

After all, chief economist Azrul Azwar Ahmad, is a much more qualified person than Azmin Ali. According to Datuk Rocky in "The untold story of Wawa the chief economist of Bank Islam", AAA has very frequently, passionately and discreetly been in communication with Anwar Ibrahim, Nurul Izzah and Rafizi Ramli. When AAA does resign as his stated intention is to eventually resign, the feeling might be AAA is a better proposition than AA in the coming election.

"The Innocence of Muslims" also went viral. A US ambassador is killed.

It was the greatest insult to the religion of our fellow Muslim brothers and sisters.
ALL Malaysians, except the closet racist and religious bigots, understood the feelings of our fellow Muslim brothers and sisters had been greatly hurt.

The western style human and democratic rights can do nothing. It is, after all, freedom of expression and a right to express that freedom.

When "The Innocence of Muslims" went viral, these same opposition and their civil society advocates said close to nothing.

Not fossil oil, palm oil, timber, tin or rubber. It's the multi-cultural, multi-religious and multi-racial people living side by side together, peacefully and harmoniously, as one.

For the opposition Pakatan Rakyat, everything the BN does, is wrong.

The Pakatan Rakyat is never wrong. They, of course, will and never have admitted when they are wrong because of a very convenient "consensus". The stranger thing is, we are expected to believe PR and their "consensus" because, as they say and we are often told, they frequently admonish each other.

Strangest of all, individually, the Pakatan Rakyat parties are never wrong. Has anyone ever heard the leaders of DAP, PKR or PAS, ever admitting their own party being wrong? Ask Lim Guan Eng about the latest DAP national party elections. Ask Nik Aziz or Abdul Hadi about their latest "Allah" flip-flop.

Asking Anwar Ibrahim of anything is optional.

The Sun's headline today reads "Hostage Crisis" with a sub-headline, Belts of explosives attached to hostages in booby-trapped building, two oil workers killed in attack.

More importantly Malaysian lives are at stake,

"Two Malaysians working in Algeria are among 41 people who were taken hostage by an Islamist group on Wednesday"

Do we wait until an incident, like the Bali Bombing, when hundreds of our own family members are killed and on our own shores, before we realise that we have to put a stop to any form of extremism?

Generation Y who were then 10, 11 or 12 years old will possibly not know that PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz's son, Nik Adli, was arrested under the ISA as part of a so-called "Mujahideen Group" who received military training in Afghanistan.

The PAS spiritual leader's son was held in detention under the ISA for 5 years before being released, declining comment when asked if he regretted his actions of allegedly being involved in an organisation linked to terrorism.

At the height of "The Innocence of Muslims" maelstrom, PM Datuk Seri Najib wrote and came for praise, duly reported by WSJ with a headline "Malaysia's Moderation",

"Now, more than ever, each of us has a responsibility to work together for greater respect, tolerance and understanding so we may live in harmony."

The nature of the country, citizens living in peace and harmony for a prosperous nation, is the result of 56 years of uninterupted Perikatan and Barisan Nasional governments.

It cannot be attributed to any opposition party or coalition, past and present.

Be honest and answer honestly, can it? Be attributed to the opposition?

In every sense, the religious extreme PAS is dangerous for the country. By collaborating with PAS, the DAP and PKR for political profit, are equally guilty of encouraging extremism.

We must preserve the peace and prosperity of the country.

Under Barisan Nasional Malaysia has and always will be, Malaysia the Moderate.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Catholic Church, with 929,000 members, enjoys religious freedom in Malaysia, and is deeply involved in educational work and health services.

And there is control over publications, and copies of the bible have been seized when published in the Malay and Iban language, because of the prohibition on the use of certain religious words and language by non-Muslims, such as “Allah”.

The Holy See hopes that with full diplomatic relations and a resident nuncio it can enter into a constructive dialogue with the Malaysian authorities on all these matters.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your support,” he said, adding that he had achieved a majority of 9,314 votes in Shah Alam.

“On the part of Pas, we will now be a coalition government. Our policies will be based on consensus. There will be no attempts by any member within Pas to impose any form of law on the general public. We will be fair and just.”

"It is not unlike TMI to change it's tune when you consider it's previous headline "tea leaves", when breaking the story, is now a "forecast".

Thus, I am giving the Bank Islam chief economist the benefit of a doubt only because I am skeptical of the TMI report. I am unable to trace the Singapore Straits Times report as claimed by TMI."

When The Malaysian Insider first scooped the story, it was headlined "In tea leaves, economist sees slender Pakatan win" and in an update it headlined responses in "Bank Islam economist’s polls forecast ruffles feathers"

Two issues here.

TMI initally gives En AAA crystal ball honours and when it caught attention, yours truly included, TMI made En AAA more credible with "calculations" in a their "forecast".

"Tea leaves" would imply "Tasseomancy", using spiritual or crytal balls to predict the future, whereas "forecast" implies a plausible prediction through study or data.

The other issue, in "ruffled feathers" TMI uses it's usual run of the mill attention seeking, headline grabbing tactic to run down the government with zero substantiation.

“As no two GEs can provide almost exactly the same reading and in view of the surprise GE12 results, predicting the outcome of the GE13 could prove very challenging and a highly speculative attempt,” Azrul Azwar said in his controversial presentation.

To be fair to En AAA, I see nothing wrong with the above and it looks more like prepared notes. Also En AAA does say all this, "tea leaves", "forecast" and "calculations" as reported by TMI, is speculative. Not only speculative, highly speculative.

But En AAA reportedly does not deny that, "He also speculated that a Pakatan win may have a short-term negative impact on the economy, especially from sabotage by pro-BN businesses and civil service",

"He also speculated that a Pakatan win may have a short-term negative impact on the economy, especially from sabotage by pro-BN businesses and civil service, though he predicted that the long-term political and economic effects could make Malaysia better off with the emergence of a genuine two-party system and stronger checks and balances."

Now, this type of speculation is uncalled for and highly disparaging of the private and public sector business and services.

It tarnishes and could jeopardise many GLC's in joint-ventures and investments. Federal and state government civil services would not take kindly to this specuation.

"He also speculated that a Pakatan win may have a short-term negative impact on the economy, though he predicted that the long-term political and economic effects will make Malaysia better off with the emergence of a genuine two-party system and stronger checks and balances"

Monday, January 14, 2013

I have always maintained religion and politics is an explosive mix which should never be considered by any justification.

It is not a question of being secular in thought and expression.

The younger Christian generation may not be aware of past (and present) Catholic and Protestant acrimony, violence and bloodshed in Northern Ireland.

One of the most violent terrorist group at the times were the Catholic IRA, the Irish Republican Army. Presently, the Northern Irish political party Sinn Fein is closely associated with the once militant IRA.

There can be no denying turmoil around the world have arrived out of religious representation and misrepresentations, religious interpretation and misinterpretations, for political expediency.

In predominantly Muslim Malaysia, religion is a highly sensitive issue even though the country is hailed as a model and moderate Muslim country.

"Datuk Chua shared with us of how God has been gracious to him and his family. As a youth he had accepted Christ into his life, but through the years of studies, law practice and politics he drifted far from God. At the peak of his career, when he simply did not have time for God, he became greatly oppressed by demonic spirits. Unknown to him at that time, He had been subtly charmed and had ‘voodoo’ planted into his body. It was through fervent prayers and fasting by church leaders that he was delivered and had seven needles taken out of his body in the name of Jesus. This ordeal became the turning point in his life. Since then, his faith has been renewed and he has decided to follow his faithful Master, Jesus, doing just what a disciple of the Lord should do - preach the gospel to the nations."

Ask Jimmy Chua and I am more then certain he will tell you the reason he joined PKR, revelation from God.

"But when I prayed, this is only the fourth testimony I’ve given because I was very reluctant earlier on to give testimonies, you know when I prayed in the spirit, the Lord told me to give a testimony, it's the duty of a Christian but testify wisely. Therefore the secrets don’t leak out. [audience laughs and claps] Testify wisely. And then again, before last night’s meeting, I was praying, you know what the Spirit of the Lord said to me? “Speak from the heart. Speak from the heart.” And that is the absolute wisdom of God. But the story just now I told you, what I want to conclude with, God and Christ are absolutely fantastic, awesome, and glorious. Glory be to God."

"The revelation by the Japanese Embassy that it had paid compensation to the Malaysian government for families of victims of the so called “Death Railway” project in the 1940s is shocking.

The sum of RM207 billion or whatever the amount must be revealed by Mahathir. He was close to the Japanese government and corporate sector when he promoted his Look East Policy aimed at enhancing trade with Japan."

It came to pass his own coalition partner, PAS, had in it's online portal Harakahdaily carried a clarification from the Japanese embassy denying any such sum compensated and occassion to have been disbursed.

Not so wise and not from God, that I am absolutely sure. Such is religious fanaticism when combined with political ambitions.

The article is pretty much self-explanatory. It is what it is as the title suggests.

I only suggest one other name in that article other than Jimmy Chua, Tan Sri Chan Ah Chye.

Once in a while, religion gets embroiled with both politics and business all at the same time.

Recall Talamgate?

Some may have missed this, as I did. At the height of the Talamgate affair, Talam Corp had changed their name to Trinity Corp.

Problem was,

In October 2011, Trinity Group sued Trinity Corp for using Trinity as it re-branded from Talam Corp Bhd, which the former claims caused confusion to the public. Consequently, the High Court ordered Talam Corp “not to use the name Trinity in respect of property development in Malaysia.” Source Propertyguru.com, "Trinity Group retains right to corporate name".

What I missed was this, Managing Director at Trinity Group,

Neoh said that prior to seeking legal advice, he had approached Tan Sri Chan Ah Chye, Director at Trinity Corp, to settle the case out of court yet both parties could not meet an agreeable settlement.

Trinity Corp Executive Director Chua Kim Lan said in an affidavit that Talam Corp decided to change its name to Trinity Corp for a more “holy” image after Chan and other directors’ conversion to Christianity.

When asked whether the opposition pact would defend the use of the word “Allah” in the Bible should it succeed to form the government after the general election, Abdul Hadi said: “Let’s form the government first.”

Hadi, Anwar and Kit Siang, Why Wait?

If leaders and parties of the fake opposition coalition had really been honest, especially Hadi and PAS, they would have declared the usage of "Allah" by non-Muslims with a signed declaration like the signed Kuching Declaration.

Two prominent activists have come out to condemn the opposition contrived KL112 rally.

What is more pertinent both, Tunku Abdul Aziz and Dr Chandra Muzaffa, were members of the opposition. Tunku Abdul Aziz and Dr Chandra Muzaffa were DAP vice-chairman and Parti Keadilan deputy president respectively.

Dr Chandra Muzaffa especially had been a very staunch supporter of Anwar Ibrahim and in fact a co-founder of the party, then called Keadilan, now PKR and led de facto by Anwar.

The rally is widely believed to be a diversion and related to court proceedings arising out of allegations of Anwar Ibrahim having certain sexual proclivities.

Two internationally-acclaimed Malaysian social activists have condemned the so-called Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat (People Uprising Rally) to be held here tomorrow, which they refer to as nothing more than a betrayal of public trust and a mockery of democracy.

On his part, Dr Chandra Muzaffar says it is a shameful act that all champions of freedom and democracy should condemn as crude, vulgar and despicable.

Tunku Abdul Aziz told Bernama that the rally was actually not a protest against any critical national issue but rather a non-issue, at best, and a betrayal of public trust, at worst.

"An opposition leader is again doing what he does best and that is to pull the wool over our eyes so as to obscure the truth.

"The truth is that this is a matter for the man to resolve, without dragging innocent thousands into the stadium to support a cause that is both selfish and cynical in the extreme," said Tunku Abdul Aziz, better known for his various roles in worldwide anti-corruption movement and a former special adviser to former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan.

"He who makes the bed should lie on it himself, but then it would not be that Opposition Leader, would it?" he asked.

Tunku Abdul Aziz could not hide his contempt over the organisers of the rally.

"I should have thought members of the public would have seen through this little charade but I am disappointed that there are reasonable people among us who are willing to be led by the nose to endorse an act that morally reprehensible.

"The opposition will obviously stop at nothing to cause maximum chaos and anxiety in a society that has become tired of the sort of irresponsible antics that have become the opposition's weapons of choice," he added.

Tunku Abdul Aziz was a strong opponent of the Bersih 3.0 rally held here last year and he showed this by resigning from the DAP which supported street demonstrations. He was then a DAP vice-chairman.

"I would urge my fellow Malaysians, in particular, not to allow themselves to be hoodwinked by an irresponsible opposition bent on getting to Putrajaya, no matter what it takes in human costs, not their own, naturally."

Dr Chandra, who is president of the International Movement for a Just World (Just), said if the rally became a channel for merely ventilating hate and anger based on outrageous lies and distortions, it would make a mockery of democracy and a subversion of freedom.

He said he was disturbed to learn that the appearance of a witness in a court case related to a defamation suit would be raised during the Saturday rally.

"If this is true, there is an attempt to use 'people power' to prevent the judicial process from taking its course.

"It would be a terrible travesty of justice. Only fascists manipulate the masses against the court system," he told Bernama.

Friday, January 11, 2013

I commented on Datuk Rocky's latest article, "Bank Islam thinks BN will fall in PRU13?", that I am skeptical of the TMI report about Bank Islam's chief economist, Azrul Azwar Ahmad Tajudin's "calculation" predicting the outcome of the next general election in favour of Pakatan Rakyat.

Correctly, Datuk Rocky pointed out that En AAA had been highly critical of the government on more than one occassion.

It is not unlike TMI to change it's tune when you consider it's previous headline "tea leaves", when breaking the story, is now a "forecast".

Thus, I am giving the Bank Islam chief economist the benefit of a doubt only because I am skeptical of the TMI report. I am unable to trace the Singapore Straits Times report as claimed by TMI.

It is right for the Bank Islam management to verify what had been presented by EN AAA as it is a matter of professional ethics but more importantly credibility of the bank. I will leave it at that for the moment.

Anyway, from the Regional Outlook Forum 2013 programme, En AAA had his presentation titled "Malaysia's Economic Outlook". Bland when you consider the other 2 panellists' optimistic "Investment as the Engine of Growth: The Case of Indonesia" and "Asia 2013:Brighter Horizons and Asean 2013:Resilience Tested".

If the TMI reports are verified by the Bank Islam management inquiry it will only confirm ,"like father like son", En AAA as an epitome of his party de facto leader's character - a Malaysian who takes pride condemning Malaysia.

EN AAA will then have to account for his brazen acts as an Anwar Ibrahim clone and must be stopped from becoming another, what Ah Chua would say, Anwar cloney.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

I quoted relevent excerts from Anwar Ibrahim's blog and none is more apt than the last quote carried in my article, attributed to Harakah Daily as stated in that Anwar Ibrahim posting - "He also called on all parties not to politicise the matter as this could threaten the peace among the different religious groups in the country."

Of course we all know who had raised the "Allah" issue.

It was none other than part-time knight templar, Lim Guan Eng @ Joseph Lim, as reported by The Malaysian Insider report, "DAP, PAS send mixed messages on ‘Allah’ issue", despite the PAS president calling on all parties "not to politicise the matter as this could threaten the peace among the different religious groups in the country".

Almost everyone, the sane and responsible ones, will agree that religion and politics is a deadly mix.

It must also be said, therefore, when Hadi called on all parties not to politicise the "Allah" issue, it is an irony. PAS' the party and it's politics are predicated on Islam. It is more than recognised as an Islamist party. All policies espoused and issues raised by the party must conform to the party's Islamic principles.

Be that as it may, Lim Guan Eng had seen it fit to raise the "Allah" issue, when the issue had already been decided by the courts.

There can only be one conclusion - a politically motivated move on the part of the DAP secretary-general.

Zairil as quoted by TMI, “He (Lim) only asked that it be allowed in the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Bible that is used by Christians in Sabah and Sarawak” and “Therefore, the issue of usage of the word “Allah” in Peninsula Malaysia does not arise at all”.

But Zairil's Penang CM boss is quoted to have said,

“For this reason, DAP urges the BN Federal government to allow the use of the word ‘Allah’ on the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Bible as has been allowed in Sabah and Sarawak for the last 50 years and practised in the Middle East for more than a thousand years,” Lim wrote in a statement on December 24 in English and Mandarin.

"DAP urges the BN Federal government to allow the use of the word ‘Allah’ on the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Bible as has been allowed in Sabah and Sarawak" in the context must surely mean allowing the usage in peninsular Malaysia.

I reiterate, whether it is in East or West Malaysia, the matter has already been decided by the courts. So what is Lim talking and DAP minion Zairil spinning about?

By raising the "Allah" issue, Lim Guan Eng kills two birds with one Christian crusading call.

Firstly, to shore up lost Christian votes for his party and their fake coalition.

Secondly, Lim Guan Eng and Zairil anak Khir Johari knew that there was a ticking time bomb on their hands - the controversial DAP national party election result.

The explosion, the result the way it was, would be felt in the next general election.

DAP can say bye bye to Malay votes for the DAP at the very least. At the very most, it confirmed what most Malays knew, even Malays in it's coalition partner PAS, that DAP is nothing more than a chauvinistic Chinese party.

In the predominantly Chinese constituencies, as it has now come to pass, the DAP has it's own fixed deposit. It is in the mixed constituencies that the results of the DAP party elections will have the greatest impact. The party election result will alienate not only the Malay but the Indian votes as well.

It exploded, however, that the DAP party elections results were flawed. That is, if we are to believe the DAP story.

But the problem was, never in the history of the DAP has anything like this ever happened. It is unprecedented.

It is a serious blow to the credibility of the DAP as a party in general, impacting it's supporters, in and outside the party, in particular.

Not only has the DAP national party election fiasco cast suspicion among it's own members as to the truth of the revelations, it left a bitter taste in just about everyone to doubt it's ability and transparency in governing.

If the party had failed to manage and botches a simple party election of less than a couple of thousand voters, it could not be trusted to manage the country.

DAP is now a laughing stock. The party is now seen as a hypocrite condemning the Election Commission, which has smoothly managed 12 general elections for the entire country's millions of voters without any major controversial result, for incompetence and allegations of fraud.

When the leaders, especially Lim Guan Eng, held information from it's voting delegates who could easily been immediately informed, the party and it's leaders cannot be trusted, per se.

Enter The "Allah" issue and in Malaysia, there is nothing better than a religious explosion, to take away heat from a political implosion.

Christians are rising to Lim Guan Eng's clarion call.

PAS' Hudud has been neutralised.

The recent DAP party elections disaster are but a distant memory.

Let's not be fooled and blinded by the Pakatan Rakyat solidarity in support of Lim Guan Eng in the "Allah" issue.

DAP confirms that a PR meeting comprising of DAP, PKR and PAS top leaders were held in DAP Headquarters in the evening of 8 January 2013.

The PR meeting reaffirmed the common policy stand of the three parties as contained in the PR Common Policy Framework 2009, Buku Jingga 2010 and PR Joint Statement 28th September 2011. For the forthcoming general election, the usage of "Allah" by non-Muslims is allowed and now included, will also be the policy basis of PR after the next general election. This policy has been reached by common consensus with the agreement of all the three parties.

HRH Sultan of Selangor's edict was discussed at the meeting. At the meeting, DAP stressed the party's consistent stand in allowing the use of "Allah" by non-Muslims and explained that this was in line with the Federal Constitution. The meeting concluded with both DAP, PAS and PKR agreeing on the "Allah" issue.

Allowing Non-Muslims to use "Allah" is therefore included in the PR Common Policy Framework or in Buku Jingga, it is therefore PR policy. Only policies mentioned in the Common Policy Framework, Buku Jingga or agreed to by all 3 parties will be implemented in a PR government.

At all times this usage must always be in a respectful and responsible manner.

Better still, incorporating it in the Kuching Declaration as Article Eight:

WE WILL HONOURABLY EXECUTE ALL THE POLICIES SET FORTH IN THE BUKU JINGGA SO THAT MALAYSIA WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A GREAT NATION, HER PEOPLES PROSPEROUS, HER FUTURE SECURE AND PEACEFUL, AND HER NAME CELEBRATED BY ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.

WE WILL HONOUR THE SPIRIT OF THE MALAYSIA AGREEMENT OF 1963 WHICH OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THEIR HANDS TO, AND AS A SIGN OF OUR DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLES OF SARAWAK AND SABAH, CONSISTENT WITH DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND JUSTICE FOR ALL MALAYSIANS, IN PARTICULAR THIS AMENDMENT:

ARTICLE EIGHT

WE WILL ALLOW ALL NON-MUSLIMS IN RESPECTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE MANNER, USE "ALLAH" IN ANY PUBLICATION, IN ALL OF MALAYSIA NOT ONLY SARAWAK AND SABAH.

WE, the undersigned, MAKE THIS AMENDMENT AS AN INCONTROVERTIBLE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PAKATAN RAKYAT AND THE PEOPLES OF MALAYSIA, THIS HISTORIC DAY OF 10TH JANUARY, 2013, SO THAT IT MAY RING OUT RESOUNDINGLY From MALAYSIA’S high forest hills Down to the open sea; SO THAT freedom MAY ever reign; AND OUR PEOPLES Live in Unity!

In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Declaration, and all the peoples of Malaysia being witnesses thereof.

Done at Kuala Lumpur, this 10th day of January, 2013, in six copies of which one shall be deposited with each of the signatories

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

What Death Railway compensation and to the tune of a whopping 207 billion ringgit is
Nizar Jamaluddin talking about?

The Bukit Gantang member of parliament must really be the next best snake oil salesman, the best being Anwar Ibrhim, in confusing Takaharu Suegami at the Japanese embassy to consult Tokyo to get further details, buying his story of "documents proving that the RM207 billion from Tokyo was received". So his party organ reports.

This prompted the Japanese embassy "In a short email to Jejak clarifying the report, the embassy said it was not aware of any other compensation paid to Malaysia other than the 1967 agreement between Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur", also in Harakah "Embassy clarifies report on 'Death Railway' compensation"

Library of Congress documents, in examining cases and recourse for compensation or reperation from the Japanese government, and makes extensive reference to this treaty.

VIII. What Was Taken From or Paid By Japan, B. Compensation Specified in the Peace Treaty cites 1. Article 14(a)1 of the treaty and notes "Japan had agreements with Burma, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam under this provision".

Of relevance is Burma, being the country subject of the Death Railway, the document in citing the source quotes, "The Union of Burma shall not present any claim based on the provisions of Article V, paragraph 1(a)(III) of the Treaty of Peace between Japan and the Union of Burma signed at Rangoon on November 5, 1954, after the date of coming into force of the Agreement between Japan and the Union of Burma on Economic and Technical Co-operation."

What it meant was Burma, now Myanmar, would make no further claims from Japan.

C. Quasi-Reparations in the Form of Gratuitous Economic Aid and Credit further adresses compensation thus, "In the same way that Japan agreed to supplement its formal reparations under the San Francisco Peace Treaty (as explained above), Japan and several Asian countries negotiated gratuitous economic aid and/or credit. Some renounced their claims to formal reparations, and others were not parties to the San Francisco Peace Treaty. As these were “provided in the spirit of reparations, they were called ‘quasi-reparations’ in Japan." My emphasis is added.

In the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, under Major Bilateral Agreements and Arrangements, you will find - Agreement on Quasi-Reparation (Signed on 21 September, 1967).

In this Agreement of 21st September, 1967, Between Japan and Malaysia, Article II states, "The Government of Malaysia agrees that all questions arising out of the unhappy events during the Second World War which may effect the existing good relations between the two countries are hereby fully and finally settled." My emphasis is also added here.

The quantum of compensation is clearly stated as (then) Malaysian dollars 25,000,000.

The Library of Congress citation of WWII POW AND FORCED LABOR COMPENSATION CASES also provides the many sums Japan paid to various countries but it is nowhere near what Nizar attempts to claim, pun intended.

Be that as it may, WWII POW AND FORCED LABOR COMPENSATION CASES has the following conclusion,

"The Japanese Supreme Court has denied compensation for individuals because the relevant treaties settled individuals’ claims. Reparation and compensation for the damages caused by WWII were settled by the San Francisco Peace Treaty and other bilateral treaties."

That conclusion is supported in the San Francisco Peace Treaty by Article 14 (b)

Except as otherwise provided in the present Treaty, the Allied Powers waive all reparations claims of the Allied Powers, other claims of the Allied Powers and their nationals arising out of any actions taken by Japan and its nationals in the course of the prosecution of the war, and claims of the Allied Powers for direct military costs of occupation.

If you think that Tokyo has any other reperation other than what was agreed upon in the Agreement of 21st September, 1967, Between Japan and Malaysia, as what Nizar now wants you to believe, then you too would be buying the snake oil that the Bukit Gantang member of parliament is pedalling.

Also, according to the explanation, the vote tally for candidates 31-38 are deemed accurate.

Therefore, when it said "votes for Candidates number 31 to 38 were exactly the same as those of Candidates 61 to 68", DAP is saying that the "error" is in the form of identical votes in particular lists.

The question now arises if M. Kula's 984 votes are accurate, is Liew Chin Tong's identical 984 votes also part of the "error" as with Anthony Loke and Vincent Wu? (See above members originally elected into the CEC)

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